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Selected Recent Arrivals in Genealogy and Local History

Posted on July 6, 2013

Jackson, Lawrence P.My Father’s Name: A Black Virginia Family After the Civil War.Chicago: University of Chicago, 2012.Call No. F235 .N4 J33 2012Intimate study of a black Virginia family during and immediately following the Civil War.

Maxwell, Ian. Your Irish Ancestors: a Guide for Family Historians.Barnsley, UK: Pen & Sword, 2008.Call No. Ref CS483. M259 2008Readable social history and records guide for the Irish family historian.

Miner, Craig.Kansas: the History of the Sunflower State, 1854-2000.Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2002.Call No. F681 .M54 2002Well-researched, comprehensive history of Kansas by renowned local historian.

Oates, Jonathan.Tracing Your Ancestors from 1066 to 1837.Barnsley, UK: Pen & Sword, 2012.Call No. Local History Ref CS415 .O28 2012Definitive guide to UK records kept in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods.

Rutkoff, Peter M. and William B. Scott.Fly Away: the Great African American Cultural Migrations.Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 2010.Call No. E185.6 .R87 2010Exploration of causes of the Great Migration and ensuing transformation of national culture.

Watson, Alan D.Tyrrell County: A Brief History.Raleigh, NC: Office of Archives and History, 2010.Call No. F262 .T9 W38 2010Three centuries of history of one of the oldest counties in North Carolina.

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